École Salish Secondary School is a public

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surr ...

and it is part of

School District 36 Surrey School District 36 Surrey operates schools in Surrey, White Rock, and Barnston Island, British Columbia. It is the largest school district in British Columbia with 71,838 students during the 2016/2017 school year. District 36 includes 101 ele ...

. It rivals With the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers which is based at

Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is a public high school in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. In September 1993, staff and students from Cloverdale Junior Secondary and Lord Tweedsmuir Sen ...

History

Construction of École Salish Secondary began in late 2016 and was completed in 2018. École Salish Secondary opened in September 2018 and was named after the local

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who are indigenous to the area. Its first students were mostly former students from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary and Clayton Heights Secondary. Its first principal was Sheila Hammond, the former principal of

Johnston Heights Secondary School Johnston Heights Secondary is a public high school in Surrey, British Columbia and is part of School District 36 Surrey. The newest building was built in 1989. Johnston Heights' exterior highly resembles that of its neighbouring high school, Nor ...

. As of June 2019, it was the Surrey School District's least-crowded secondary school. It currently has around 2000 students.

Programs

École Salish Secondary is one of the four secondary schools in the Surrey school district to offer French immersion.

Athletic Achievements

* 2022 AA Tier II Senior Girls Rugby Provincial Champions

References

{{SD36BCSchools High schools in Surrey, British Columbia Educational institutions established in 2018 Buildings and structures in Surrey, British Columbia 2018 establishments in British Columbia